Human Centered

Labor & Work in the Era of AI & Automation - Jerry Jacobs

Episode Summary

Jerry Jacobs, a 2018-19 CASBS fellow and University of Pennsylvania sociologist, discusses labor dynamics with regard to automation, job replacement, and historical statistics.

Episode Notes

Jerry Jacobs at U Penn

The much discussed paper on automation and the workforce by Frey and Osborne

"Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma?" Jerry Jacobs

"Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren" John Maynard Keynes, 1930

"Smarter Than You Think" A series examining advances in AI and impacts on society (including pieces by host John Markoff)

Explore Bureau of Labor Statistics data yourself

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

@casbsstanford on twitter